Johnny Cash – Orphan Of The Road (Guitar)

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From a carny show and a rodeo that shared a three-day stand

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A cowboy met a fiery carny queen

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In new spring nights amid the lights of the painted carny van

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They laughed and loved and shared short-lived dreams

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But the carny show and the rodeo went their separate ways

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And the carny season bloomed and soon moved on

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And I was born on a winter morn to the dark-eyed carny queen

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The too-late son of something that was gone

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The black-sheep child that grew up wild from the seed the four winds sowed

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Unwanted son of ice and fire, an orphan of the road

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I was still a child when my mama died of a chill that closed her eyes

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So I was left to grow up on my own

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Without a name, too wild to tame. No one cared to try

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So mostly I was mostly left alone

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In dingy bars and cold boxcars, hobo jungle camps

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I joined the men who drift from town to town

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The surging flood of restless blood flowed inside my veins

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I'd never find the time to settle down

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The black sheep child that grew up wild From the seed the four winds sowed

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Unwanted son of ice and fire An orphan of the road

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In the misty rain, I caught the train that slowed down through the town

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And I pulled myself into the boxcar door

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In a passing light in the deep gray night, I saw the still dark form

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Of an old man lying sick upon the floor

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And he said "I tried to find her, but they told me that she'd died

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And that she'd left an only son behind

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And I tried to find him, but I never did, but I know I could rest in peace

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If I could just see him once before I die

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I found a match and I quickly scratched it into a flicker and flame

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Then I held it close and I gently raised his head

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My mother, sir," I said of her, "I have her same dark eyes

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He smiled a cowboy smile and then was dead

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The black sheep child that grew up wild From the seed the four winds sowed

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Unwanted son of ice and fire An orphan of the road